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Beach volleyball players file complaint (The State)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A group of beach volleyball players has filed a complaint with the U.S. Olympic Committee challenging USA Volleyball's status as the national governing body for the sport.The complaint, filed Friday by 28 volleyball players and the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, argues that USA Volleyball focuses too much on indoor volleyball and doesn't give beach volleyball players

Volleyball Community Scoreboard (South Bend Tribune)
Several adult volleyball tournaments will be conducted at the Dunes Operation Center in Rolling Prairie. Cost is $130 per team/per tourney.

Nebraskans show they still have volleyball fever (Omaha World-Herald)
If football is king in Nebraska, women's volleyball is queen. A long line of people snaked through the Qwest Center Omaha on Saturday to obtain tickets to the NCAA final four in women's volleyball next December. The general public's share of tickets sold out.

NCAA volleyball tickets sell out in a few hours (Lincoln Journal Star)
Just hours after tickets to next season’s NCAA volleyball championships in Omaha went on sale to the public Saturday, they were gone.

Prep volleyball: Trojans have high hopes (Lansing State Journal)
The East Lansing volleyball team has high expectations for the 2005-06 season.

Barrett honored by Professional Association of Volleyball Officials (San Marcos Daily Record)
Driftwood's Patti Barrett, a veteran of every aspect of NCAA volleyball and every level of competition, recently received two of the Professional Association of Volleyball Officials' (PAVO) highest honors: the Association's 2005 Honor Award and induction into the organization's Hall of Fame.

Beach Volleyball Players File Complaint (AP via Yahoo! News)
A group of beach volleyball players has filed a complaint with the U.S. Olympic Committee challenging USA Volleyball's status as the national governing body for the sport.


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Scott's Gift Ideas - Cooler Back Pack
Not that it is cooler than other back packs, but it's a cooler. Yeah, made by Tachikara, it has a cold storage section that will hold up to 17 cans and a dry mesh storage area. This is perfect for...

The Spike Should Always Look the Same
An effective team has several different methods of attacks in their arsenal. The three basic attacks are; the dink, the off-speed spike and the hard-driven spike. The dink is an effective tool when your opponents have learned the timing of...

Four Keys to Excellent Serve Receive
A big concern for volleyball players and coaches is how to perfect that serve receive. Coach Tom Houser breaks it down into four basic areas of the succesful serve receive....

She's Trained to Kill...On and Off the Court
Army Senior Casciato has put up one of the best volleyball careers in the history of the academy. Casciato, who has been the starting setter during her entire four-year career was named "Player of the Year" for the Patriot League....

Focus on the Positive
As Scott mentioned in his post, visualization can help you a great deal. Your last outing was very positive, so you need to visualize your performance on that day repeatedly. Another technique you can use is come up with a...


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